Projects and Partners
Staffordshire Youth Offending Service works with a range of statutory and voluntary sector agencies to tackle crime prevention and young people's offending behaviour. Also any contributing factors, such as housing, health and education are addressed.
This is worked towards through various partner agencies and projects. Follow the links below or to the left to find out more.
Partners
Children's Fund The Children's Fund provides a responsive approach to developing services that address the difficulties faced by some children and their families. Staffordshire Youth Offending Service works in partnership with voluntary organisations and Borough and District Councils, closely with young people and their families, to deliver high-quality preventative services to meet the needs of communities.
Connexions Staffordshire Youth Offending Service works very closely with Connexions and as part the assessment process, all young people are assessed for education, training and employment needs. Ensuring that all young people are in suitable full time education, training or employment is a priority for the Service. There is a Connexions nominated lead officer for each of the teams to advise, support and help with any issues raised from their assessment.
NACRO Nacro is a crime reduction charity, aiming to make society safer by finding practical solutions to reducing crime. Since 1966 Nacro have worked to give ex-offenders, disadvantaged people and deprived communities the help they need to build a better future. They help re-settle prisoners, as well as campaigning for a fair criminal justice system.
Projects
Intensive Fostering The Intensive Foster Care programme is an alternative to receiving a custodial sentence. It involves young people living with specially trained and supported foster carers for a period of up to twelve months as part of their supervision order.
Xtinguish/Nightrider Stafford Youth Offending Service has access to two specialist projects; Xtinguish and Night Rider, these projects have been developed in conjunction with Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service. They are delivered by specially trained and supported Fire Service personnel.
Positive Futures Positive Futures is a national sports-based social inclusion programme, funded by the Home Office, aimed at marginalised 10 to 19-year-olds in the most deprived areas. By engaging marginalised young people in sport and other activities, Positive Futures aims to build relationships between responsible adults and young people based on mutual trust and respect, in order to create new opportunities for alternative lifestyles.
Substance Misuse All young people are assessed for any substance misuse issues when they come into contact with Staffordshire Youth Offending Service. Where substance misuse issues have been identified further screening takes place by the Service's Substance Misuse workers. The Service provides a range of tailored programmes available to use to support interventions to enable young people to tackle substance misuse problems.
Parenting Support This section of the website is designed to answer some of your questions as a parent/carer and let you know what support and advice we and other services can offer you at this difficult time.
Prevention Projects
YCPP Youth Crime Prevention Panels aim to prevent anti-social behaviour and offending by 8 to 17-year-olds who are considered to be at high risk of offending. They are programmes that will identify and reduce the likelihood of young people committing offences.
ROLAC The ROLAC project is a joint approach to addressing the issues of offending in care, between 'Staffordshire Children and Life Long Learning' and Staffordshire Youth Offending Service. The project has been up and running from January 2003 and forms part of the Prevention Service, based within Staffordshire Youth Offending Service.
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26/11/2007 13:29:01
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